§ Return ordered, "showing the work done in the Land Registry, in each of the years 1908 and 1907, respectively, under the various Acts hereinafter mentioned, namely:—1. Under the Land Transfer Acts, 1875 and 1897; (a) The number, value, and acreage (where known) of estates the titles of which were registered, on first registration, from the 1st day of January 1906 to the 31st day of December, 1907, showing the numbers of estates registered with absolute, qualified, and possessory title, and good leaseholds; and also the number of estates registered under The Small Holdings Act, 1892; (b) The total number of separate titles on the register on the 31st day of December 1907 (i.) by first registration, (ii.) by sub-division of estates already registered, 789 and (iii.) by transfer from the 1862 register; (c) The total number of separate titles which have been removed from the register on the 31st day of December, 1907. 2. Under The Land Registry Act, 1862; (a) The total number, value, and acreage (where known) of estates the titles to which were registrated on first registration; (b) The total number of separate titles on the register on the 31st day of December 1907 (i.) by first registration, and (ii.) by sub division of estates already registered; (c) The total number of separate titles which have been removed from the register on the 31st day of December 1907 otherwise than by transfer to the 1875 register. 3. Under both the Acts of 1875 and 1862; (a) The total number of separate titles on the register on the 31st day of December 1907; (b) The total number of transactions registered from the 1st day of January 1906 to the 31st day of December 1907, showing the numbers of (i.) first registration under the Acts of 1875 and 1897, (ii.) conveyances, transfers and transmissions of land, (iii) mortgages, charges, further charges, and transfers of mortgages and charges, (iv.) reconveyances of mortgages and cessation of charges, (v.) leases and surrenders of leases, (vi.) miscellaneous. 4. Under the Mortgage Debenture Acts, 1865 and 1870, and The Improvement of Land Act, 1864. A statement, so far as may be practicable, of the nature and amount of the work done under these Acts from the 1st day of January, 1906, to the 31st day of December, 1907. 5. Under The Land Charges Registration and Searches Act, 1888, and The Land Charges Act, 1900. The number of registrations, official searches and ordinary searches made from the 1st day of January, 1906, to the 31st day of December, 1907. 6. Under the Middlesex Registry Act, 1708, and The Land Registry (Middlesex Deeds) Act, 1891. The number of registrations and searches made from the 1st day of January, 1906, to the 31st day of December, 1907. And showing the amount of fees received and the amount of salaries and expenses in the Land Registry from the 1st day of April, 1906, to the 31st day of March, 1907, distinguishing for the purposes of Section 22 of The Land Transfer Act, 1897. the fees received and salaries and expenses paid under the Land Transfer Acts and the other Acts above referred 790 to (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 276, of Session 1906)."—(Mr. Rowlands.)